Comment to 'AI Will Turn Out To Be The Death Of Cognitive Thinking'
  • Any analysis on the level of current state of AI is bound to become obsolete very soon. The AI tools we know today are indeed just an impressive interface between data and a human operator. When AGI becomes a reality, however, we would have to contend with whole new set of concerns... It may not be relevant whether we are asking right questions or how to use the response. AGI is by definition autonomous in self-enquiry and goal setting. It may also not be relevant whether we actually want or don't want to think, because regardless of how intelligent some of us may be, we simply lack the data processing bandwidth to be in any way competitive or even instrumental in directing AGI. The more I think about it, the more I agree that the only thing we should be concerned about now it ensuring that AGI is aligned with humans. If we fail to ensure that now, God help us all.

    • Perhaps we may be creating a world that is overly complicated just because we can. Simple example of this is all the contraptions in most kitchens here in the U.S.. One that cooks a single burger, another to cook crapes, another to cook rice, another to slow cook (crock pot) a roast, another to make bread and another to make pancakes etc.. This also creates another problem; where to put all this items. Time to sell the house and get one with a larger kitchen with more storage space.

      May be it just me in my golden years. Tried of the stress that comes with an over cluttered life and being distracted from the things that are really important. It seems now, that it is not so much you have or how much you did, but rather how if impacted the world and made it a better place to live.

      History shows that mankind would rather create something to compensate for his lack of desire to change himself. Why not spend the resources and time working toward utilizing our maximum potential instead?